TOKYO >> The European Union could imperil Japan’s imported supply of affordably priced eel with a proposal to make all 19 eel species subject to trade regulations under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, referred to as CITES, at the international Conference of the Parties 2025 slated for November.

Affordable eel from Asia

“When I want to treat myself a little, unagi (eel) is the way to go,” said a Tokyo diner with an unagi dish at Naruse’s Unagi, a restaurant chain, in Minato ward.

The temperature in Tokyo that day exceeded 86 degrees, and the restaurant was packed with customers trying to beat the summer heat. Unagi is believed to aid in fatigue and heat tolerance.

Unagi bowls at the store start at 1,600 yen (about $10.85). The restaur

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